scholarly journals Outer membrane porin proteins F, P, and D1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and PhoE of Escherichia coli: chemical cross-linking to reveal native oligomers.

1983 ◽  
Vol 155 (3) ◽  
pp. 1042-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
B L Angus ◽  
R E Hancock
1999 ◽  
Vol 181 (10) ◽  
pp. 3281-3283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niek Dekker ◽  
Jan Tommassen ◽  
Hubertus M. Verheij

ABSTRACT Bacteriocin release protein is known to activate outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA), which results in the release of colicin fromEscherichia coli. In vivo chemical cross-linking experiments revealed that the activation coincides with dimerization of OMPLA. Permeabilization of the cell envelope and dimerization were characterized by a lag time of 2 h.


1986 ◽  
Vol 167 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
W A Woodruff ◽  
T R Parr ◽  
R E Hancock ◽  
L F Hanne ◽  
T I Nicas ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5328
Author(s):  
Miao Ma ◽  
Margaux Lustig ◽  
Michèle Salem ◽  
Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx ◽  
Gilles Phan ◽  
...  

One of the major families of membrane proteins found in prokaryote genome corresponds to the transporters. Among them, the resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) transporters are highly studied, as being responsible for one of the most problematic mechanisms used by bacteria to resist to antibiotics, i.e., the active efflux of drugs. In Gram-negative bacteria, these proteins are inserted in the inner membrane and form a tripartite assembly with an outer membrane factor and a periplasmic linker in order to cross the two membranes to expulse molecules outside of the cell. A lot of information has been collected to understand the functional mechanism of these pumps, especially with AcrAB-TolC from Escherichia coli, but one missing piece from all the suggested models is the role of peptidoglycan in the assembly. Here, by pull-down experiments with purified peptidoglycans, we precise the MexAB-OprM interaction with the peptidoglycan from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, highlighting a role of the peptidoglycan in stabilizing the MexA-OprM complex and also differences between the two Gram-negative bacteria peptidoglycans.


2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayananda Siddavattam ◽  
Elisha R. Raju ◽  
P.V. Emmanuel Paul ◽  
Mike Merrick

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 3246-3251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán ◽  
Gabriel Cabot ◽  
Estela Ynés Valencia ◽  
Coloma Costas ◽  
German Bou ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe modulating effect ofN-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the activity of different antibiotics has been studied inPseudomonas aeruginosa. Our results demonstrate that, in contrast to previous reports, only the activity of imipenem is clearly affected by NAC. MIC and checkerboard determinations indicate that the NAC-based modulation of imipenem activity is dependent mainly on OprD. SDS-PAGE of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) after NAC treatments demonstrates that NAC does not modify the expression of OprD, suggesting that NAC competitively inhibits the uptake of imipenem through OprD. Similar effects on imipenem activity were obtained withP. aeruginosaclinical isolates. Our results indicate that imipenem-susceptibleP. aeruginosastrains become resistant upon simultaneous treatment with NAC and imipenem. Moreover, the generality of the observed effects of NAC on antibiotic activity was assessed with two additional bacterial species,Escherichia coliandAcinetobacter baumannii. Caution should be taken during treatments, as the activity of imipenem may be modified by physiologically attainable concentrations of NAC, particularly during intravenous and nebulized regimes.


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